POMONA EVENT CLOSES YEAR IN ACTION SPORTS.Byline: Keith Lair Staff Writer POMONA - There are ESPN's X Games X Games Sports medicine The official Olympics of 'extreme sports' sponsored by ESPN, held annually during the summer. See Extreme sports. and NBC's Gravity Games Gravity Games is a multi-sport competition originating from Providence, Rhode Island that is broken down into Winter and Summer adaptations. These feature a variety of extreme sports such as , skateboarding, Freestyle Motocross, BMX freestyle (during the summer) and snowboarding . Now comes the $650,000 LG Action Sports World Sports World are a British sports Retailer, formerly called Sports Soccer. Founded in the late 1970's by former county squash coach Mike Ashley, the group Sports World International is now the UK's largest retailer of sports clothing and accessories. Championships, another festival-style competition beginning today at Fairplex Park in Pomona. ``Golf and tennis have their Grand Slams, and horse racing horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with has its Triple Crown,'' said Rick Bratman, president of event organizer ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and Events. ``There are three or four festival-style events, and we see ourselves as the end-of-year championships for the competitors in these series.'' The nine-day event will include freestyle motocross Freestyle Motocross (also known as FMX) is a variation on the sport of motocross in which motorcycle riders attempt to impress judges with jumps and stunts. The two main types of freestyle events are: abbr. bicycle motocross BMX Noun 1. bicycle motocross: stunt riding over an obstacle course on a bicycle 2. stunts and skateboarding. The motocross motocross Form of motorcycle racing in which cyclists compete on a closed course marked out over natural or simulated rough terrain. Courses vary widely but must be 1.5–5 km (1–3 mi) in length, with steep inclines, hairpin turns, and mud. competition will be on the infield of the horse-racing track, and the other events will be in the area between the grandstand and the home and garden pavilion. The organizations that oversee each sport have nominated their top competitors. Among the invited qualifiers are skateboarders Bucky Lasek, Andy Macdonald, Bob Burnquist, Eric Koston, Rodil de Araujo Jr. and Ryan Sheckler; motocross riders Mike Metzger, Brian Deegan and Nate Adams; BMX bikers Dave Mirra, Jamie Bestwick and Ryan Nyquist; and inline skaters Eito Yasutoko, Fabiola da Silva Fabiola da Silva (born June 18, 1979 in São Paulo), nicknamed Fabby, is a Brazilian rollerblader who competes on the LG Action Sports World Tour. She has received over fifty medals in the LG Action Sports World Tour events. , Stephane Alfano and Jaren Grob. The event will also have 12 bands, including headliners Fuel, Simple Plan, Pico Train, The Eyeliners, Celldweller, M-80, My Favorite Disaster, Sanity and Allergic. ``Music and action sports go together,'' Bratman said. ``They are intertwined. You can't have one without the other.'' Although ASA designed the layouts for the X Games and Gravity Games this year, along with the International X Games and Mobile Skatepark series, it let athletes have a say in designing track layouts for the championships. ``In motocross, it's going to be even more freestyle,'' Bratman said. ``They will be able to go diagonally and be able to be more creative. It will not be back-and-forth. It's like their playground.'' Athletes will sign autographs and there are amateur competitions in inline skating and street skateboarding. And Tuesday, fans can traverse the same courses as the pros. ``Fans at the X Games would have killed to go out there,'' Bratman said of the downtown L.A. site. ``They have a chance here.'' The Aggressive Skaters Association inline skate finals will be today, along with inline vert practice and freestyle motocross. The inline vert, inline amateur vert and BMX freestyle motocross finals are Sunday. BMX will take over the venue Thursday and Friday, and skateboarding will be Nov. 22-23. Keith Lair, (626) 962-8811 keith.lair(at)sgvn.com AT A GLANCE What: LG Action Sports World Championships When: Today-Nov. 23 Where: Fairplex Park in Pomona Events: Freestyle motocross, inline skating, BMX stunts, skateboarding Purse: $650,000 Today: Gates open at 11 a.m. Tickets: Ticketmaster, $7 a day, $12 for consecutive days; children 12-under, free. CAPTION(S): box Box: AT A GLANCE (see text) |
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